Black History Month is a time to learn and reflect on the history and accomplishments of the Black and African American leaders and innovators who have helped shape our world. Join us each week as we explore a new person and create a craft.
Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy.
Can your rocket make it to the moon?! Explore computational thinking with a fun paper coding game. This activity is inspired by Katherine Johnson and the other Black female NASA mathematicians who helped Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969. Check out these kid's titles for more information about the women of Hidden Figures: Hidden Figures Counting on […]
Join the Wheelock Book Club for a discussion of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. About the book: Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian […]
Thanks to Tacoma Creates initiative, Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation, Symphony Tacoma and Tacoma Opera. The composer, librettist and members of Symphony Tacoma and Tacoma Opera will talk about their contributions to the production of a new opera about the historical events called the Tacoma Method, in which the Chinese community were driven out of the city […]
Tacoma Public Library and Asia Pacific Cultural Center present Taiko Drums. Please join Taiko Drummers and Mia Slattum for a wonderful presentation of Taiko Drumming at the Wheelock Branch Library. This is an energetic drumming style that fuses elements of martial arts, dance, and both traditional and contemporary music. Come and learn about Taiko Drumming during […]
Join Master Gardener and Native Plant Steward Gail Sklar as she shares the benefits of and resources for creating your very own native plant garden. Learn how to choose the best plants for your space, and how native plants support a healthy environment for all!
Join the Wheelock Book Club for a discussion of All About Me by Mel Brooks. About the book: All About Me! charts Mel Brooks’s meteoric rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Filled with tales of struggle, achievement, and camaraderie (and dozens of photographs), readers will gain a more […]
April 15th is the beginning of National Volunteer Week. Drop by Wheelock Branch at 1:00pm and meet the many organizations in our community looking for helping hands. Are you interested in giving to your community? Drop by and see what they to say and what they are about! Check back for a list of organizations.
Are you facing eviction? Do you need help with a landlord-tenant issue? Do you need help with an eviction on your record or a legal financial obligation you can't pay? Want to learn more about getting help with your legal issue? Stop by for free, drop-in help, information, and resources from Tacomaprobono!
Tacoma Public Library and Tacoma Art Museum present a Multi-generational Art Workshop at the Wheelock Branch Library. Come join us for this stamp-making workshop focusing on Japanese woodcut prints from Tacoma Art Museum's collection. We will be creating our own art pieces inspired by these TAM artworks. Presented by Tacoma Art Museum, funded by Tacoma […]
Tacoma Library presents in collaboration with Tacoma Creates Kareem Kandi World Orchestra! Come see how stories can unfold through musical performance. Watch and listen as music is spontaneously composed out of thin air by live musicians. Join us at Wheelock Branch. Bring your family, friends, and questions to experience this live musical program.